The European Fencing Confederation says no fencers from Russia or Belarus will participate in the Paris Olympics after those eligible under a neutral banner did not enter for European qualifiers, according to Agence France-Presse.

The fencer, who was suspended on 8 February for a positive test during a stage of the World Championships in Paris, said on Tuesday that the ingestion was involuntary and waived the analysis of the B sample.

Jeon Cheong-jo was arrested last year on suspicion of stealing more than 3 billion won (€2.1 million). Nam is a former fencer who won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She ended her relationship when the case came to light, saying she had been cheated.

Five months before the Olympic Games, French fencer Ysaora Thibus, 2022 World Champion, has been provisionally suspended by the International Fencing Federation. As the French Fencing Federation (FFE) announced on Friday, this is due to an abnormal anti-doping test carried out on 14 January.

Hungary's double Olympic champion and honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Pál Schmitt, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hungarian Sports Journalists' Association at The Athlete of the Year 2023 Gala in Budapest this week. The trophy was presented to Pál Schmitt by Madame President Katalin Novák, Hungary's Head of State, and Zsolt Gyulay, President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee and a double Olympic champion himself.

Sergey Brida and his wife Violeta Brida are accused of competing at the US Championships without Moscow's consent. Their participation in the Paris 2024 Olympics is still under discussion.

The United Arab Emirates excelled on the second day of fencing's World Combat Games debut as they won half of the sport's gold medals on offer today at Riyadh 2023.

The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) has backed a candidacy from three-time back-to-back Olympic men's sabre fencing champion Áron Szilágyi for the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athletes' Commission elections alongside next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

Only 10 months before the start of Paris 2024, the head of France's most successful Olympic sport has resigned.

The Ukrainian Fencing Federation (UFF) has filed a complaint with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over "the inaction and actions of the International Fencing Federation [FIE] that violate the Olympic Statute and the IOC Code of Ethics."

The death of Russian Olympic fencing gold medallist Anvar Kamilevich Ibragimov has been announced at the age of 57.

Ukrainian Fencing Federation (UFF) President Mikhail Ilyashev has called for the technical delegate at the centre of the handshake controversy to resign over claims that he was influenced by Russia to disqualify Olha Kharlan at the Fencing World Championships.

Hungary defended their women's team sabre title on the last day of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan, and Japan triumphed in the men's team foil for the first time ever.

There was double team success for hosts Italy on the penultimate day of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan, where they won women's foil and men's épée gold.

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has eased its rules on a post-match greeting between athletes removing the requirement for a handshake after the controversy surrounding the disqualification of Ukraine's Olha Kharlan.